Singer-songwriter Tony Holiday is following up 2020’s Soul Service with a strong sophomore effort, Motel Mississippi. A collaboration between Holiday, guitarist/songwriter A.J. Fullerton, and guitarist/producer Dave Gross (who shared production duties with Fullerton), the album is at once Delta blues, Memphis soul, North Mississippi hill country, and juke joint stomper. It is only reasonable that [...]
Just off the North Branch of the Chicago River in the Rockwell on the River complex sits an old brick and timber warehouse. Originally a leather tannery in the early 1900s, the location now houses a small batch, family-run, craft distillery known as Judson & Moore. Inside, the warehouse’s brickwork extends roughly 30-feet to ceilings [...]
The Hold Steady’s Steve Selvidge, North Mississippi Allstars’ Luther Dickinson, and Memphis multi-instrumentalist Paul Taylor are childhood friends who have reunited in the spirit of curiosity. The result is an amalgamation of Memphis sounds of different periods, replete with funk, groove, keys, and at times hip-hop and jazz. The three grew up playing music together [...]
In a first for Mick Flannery, he and Irish newcomer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Susan O’Neill have come together on a collaboration album In the Game. Mick Flannery is one of Ireland’s most acclaimed songwriters and singers. The award-winning, double-platinum selling artist has released six studio albums, three of which reaching No. 1 status. In the [...]
Becoming a legend in the eyes of the masses wreaks havoc on most artists who might have imagined they could ever lead the life of a normal person. Following in the footsteps of a legend is a little trickier prospect. How do you step into that legend’s footsteps and advance their magic with your own [...]
Asheville, NC folk and roots artist Krista Shows — in conjunction with a first-time vinyl release of her debut, Prone to Wander — is releasing an EP of covers entitled Quarantine Covers. A Bandcamp pre-order for her debut album on vinyl, at this time, will include a Bandcamp code (good) for Quarantine Covers. Today sees the exclusive [...]
What started out as a slow burning, blues-rocking CD release last October, Voodoo Blues is deservedly achieving acclaim of incendiary proportions as word travels globally about Grainne Duffy’s best album to date. By Christmas It became the tenth most played album by members of the Independent Blues Broadcasters Association (IBBA). Utah based Roots Music Report [...]
After a 20-year music career and 11 studio albums, the proverb “The older – the crazier” definitely applies to Croatian harmonica player Tomislav “Little Pigeon” Goluban, whose songs and performances burst with energy, passion, and humor. For his 12th studio album and Blue Heart Records label debut, Express Connection, Goluban returned to the famed Ardent [...]
Americana blues band Rosedale Junction preserves the idea of the album format and what it represents — a time when you could drop a needle on an LP and listen from beginning to end. Their debut album, Stompin’ On The Front Porch, harks back to how blues started. “With folks gathered around the front porch [...]
Guitarist/singer/songwriter Damon Fowler is a product of Florida’s Gulf Coast. Over the years he has absorbed the music surrounding him, using its influence to create an original sound all his own. Combining blues, soul, country, roots rock, and sacred steel, Fowler has set his own bar as both a solo artist and highly sought after [...]